Legend‚ written by Marie Lu‚ is a dystopian sci-fi novel for young adults. It is the first book in an epic trilogy that is continued in Prodigy and Champion. Based on a retelling of Les Miserables‚ Legend is “impossible to put down and even harder to forget” (Kami Garcia‚ author of Beautiful Creatures). Set in a futuristic Los Angeles‚ Legend is told from the perspective of two main characters from contrasting backgrounds‚ June and Day. In this novel‚ the United States of America no longer exists
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money. Daisy Buchanan‚ an upper class woman sacrifices her love for Jay Gatsby to keep her social standing and wealth. Jordan Baker‚ a wealthy woman gives up her own sexuality to gain fame and money which she thinks she deserves. And finally‚ Myrtle Wilson‚ a lower class housewife sells her own body for her desire to bring her self up in society. These women show us that social status does not determine the willingness to achieve one’s ambition. Daisy Buchanan’s rejection for Gatsby tells us that she
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Dear Diary‚ What is happening to me? In my 20 years of life I’ve never experienced anything like this. For the past few days I’ve noticed that I can’t move my right foot or ankle upward. To walk‚ I’m forced to bend my knees more than usual to prevent my feet from dragging along the ground. If I don’t‚ it’s painful. Today I went to the grocery store to pick up some supplies to make apple pie and I noticed everyone’s eyes on me. I could hear them wondering why I walked with such a weird gate. I was
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INTRODUCTION Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy‚ previously known as Pregnancy Induced Hypertension (PIH)‚ are high blood pressure disorders of pregnancy. It has long been one of the major problems for mothers in pregnancy‚ along with infection and postpartum hemorrhage. PIH is classified as gestational hypertension‚ mild preeclampsia‚ severe preeclampsia and eclampsia‚ depending on how far development advances. A woman is said to be preeclamptic when her blood pressure increases and shows protein in
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CASE 2 FOUR CUSTOMERS IN SEARCH OF SOLUTIONS OVERVIEW Four telephone subscribers from the same street in a suburb of Toronto complain individually to Bell Canada about a variety of different problems. Is there more to each problem than might appear on the surface? Does it offer Bell a marketing opportunity? TEACHING OBJECTIVES • Provoke a discussion of the potential underlying causes of consumer complaints. • Highlight the fact that complaints are often opportunities in disguise‚
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CASE STUDY #1 A Job Search Dilemma Eric‚ a second-semester senior‚ is looking for a job. Anxious about finding work in the worst economy in decades‚ he sends out scores of resumes for a wide variety of positions. The first call he gets is for a position that doesn’t really interest him‚ but he figures he should be open to every opportunity. He schedules an interview‚ which he aces. In fact‚ the recruiter offers Eric the job on the spot. He would like Eric to start as soon as possible. Should Eric
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Characterization - In the book “Legend” by Marie Lu‚ I would like to have Day be my best friend out of all of the characters. Day has been nothing but caring throughout the whole book to Tess and other characters such as June and his little brother Eden‚ which is a characteristic that I really admire about Day. An illustration as to where Day was caring to Tess was when he met Tess for the first time. Day was on the streets by himself when he saw her in an alleyway. He called out to her and she
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Brian 1 Nick Brian Nkosi Ife Bandele Writing 101 March 12‚ 2014 Defending TV In her essay “Television addiction‚” Marie Winn considers TV to be very addictive. She compares watching TV to taking drugs. She also never mentions any of its benefits. Television is one of the most important inventions of our time‚ and it certainly had benefited mankind. Watching TV causes no chemical substance addiction. Still‚ Winn thinks that‚ the level of addiction from excessive television viewing is comparable
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One character from my novel‚ Legend by Marie Lu‚ who could be identified as a best friend is Day‚ otherwise known as Daniel. One reason why Day could be considered a best friend is because although he is tough and independent‚ he is also kind and considerate. The author writes‚ “A part of me recalls the way he saved me from the skiz fight‚ that he helped me heal the burning wound in my side‚ that his hands had been so gentle.” (Lu‚ 148). In this quote the author explains how Day saved June when
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”(Feldstein) The story is about a young mother who experiences with postpartum depression. While the narrator is clearly suffering from a kind of psychological distress at the beginning of the story‚ her mental state is worsened by her husband’s medical opinion that she confines herself to the house. Using the story and other research we can now see how the treatment for postpartum depression has improve and change over the years. Postpartum depression After using the term of “the rest cure”‚ a long time
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